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June 10, 2009

OBAMA THE SHOE-THROWER . . . INSULTS ISRAEL

PRESIDENTIAL SHOE-THROWER OBAMA

How does a President throw a shoe? Taking off your shoe and throwing it at someone like Netanyahu would be un-presidential, kind of like giving 25 DVD's of U.S. version to a foreign head of state. No, if I want to be coy and insult someone with the bottom of my shoe, I would release a photo of the bottom of my shoe while I am on the phone with that person. That is how a president throws a shoe. This is also the smoking gun, this is the one piece of evidence I needed to prove Barack Hussein Obama is 100% Muslim. This photo is the smoking gun, this is all I need to prove that Hussein Obama is not a Christian as he says, but a Muslim.

In January of this year I spent two weeks with Muslim Bedouins in Egypt. I ate breakfast, lunch and dinner with them in the desert. While sitting on the floor or on the sand, I always made sure the soles of my shoes were not visible and likewise the Bedouins did the same. Obama releases a photo of the bottom of the soles of his shoes while he is talking to Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu, this is a pure calculated and presidential insult that a true Muslim would appreciate. Israel you are right, this is what Obama thinks of the Jewish People.

Here is an article from a namesake Al Tompkins, I always want to promote "No H in Tompkins," so here is Al Tompkins' post from Poynter Online:

Why Photo of Obama Talking to Israeli Prime Minister is Insulting to Israelis

To many, the photo of President Barack Obama sitting with his feet propped on his desk while on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems innocent enough. To some Israelis, however, the photo is offensive and an "insult" to Israel.

"It is considered an insult in the Arab world to show the sole of your shoe to someone. It is not a Jewish custom necessarily, but Israel feels enough a part of the Middle East after 60 years to be insulted too."

The issue calls to mind the incident last December involving an Iraqi journalist who threw a shoe at former president George Bush. At the time, the BBC pointed out:

"In Arab culture it's considered rude even to display the sole of one's shoe to a fellow human being.

"Certainly, crossing one's legs ankle-on-knee style should never be done in a public place for fear of offending the person next to you.

"The sensitivity is related to the fact that shoes are considered ritually unclean in the Muslim faith.

"In addition to ritual ablutions before prayer, Muslims must take off their shoes to pray, and wearing shoes inside a mosque is forbidden.

"Shoes should either be left at the door of the mosque, or carried (preferably in the left hand with the soles pressed together)."

"Shoes, and feet in general, get a bad rap in Arab culture. The language is peppered with insults referring to feet. To say that someone or something is "like my foot" or "like my shoe" means that the person or object is of no importance and beneath you. Sitting cross-legged in a manner in which the sole of a foot is pointing toward an Arab is also a grave insult. U.S. troops in Iraq are often lectured on the importance of not exposing the soles of their shoes in public."